Lotto wins behind bars: Aussie gang associate Hells Angels takes jackpot of $ 1.45 million

An Australian biker gang associate Hells Angels appears to be the lucky winner of a $ 1.45 million ($ 1.33 million) jackpot, although he is being detained in prison for his alleged involvement in a $ 300 million drug smuggling operation. By a curious coincidence, Reginald "Reg" Roberts went bankrupt by the time he received massive manna, which was deposited in his bank account and then transferred almost immediately.

The 64-year-old man, who enumerates his occupation as "truck driver", was arrested and charged in February on a 313-kilogram shipment of crystal methamphetamine – known as ice – concealed in a crane imported to Adelaide on a freighter.

He has been detained in South Australia since his arrest.

Yet the $ 1.45 million gain for the lotto's victory was deposit It was identified as a suspect by Australian Federal Police investigators who had arrested Roberts as part of the Almanon operation, who intercepted what was the biggest. ice import in the history of South Australia.

Roberts went bankrupt since May 2015 and had only one month left until his three year bankruptcy period ended in May 2018 when money landed on his account. Lotto money is gone, but there is no reason to believe that the victory is related to criminal activity.

A man who responded to a mobile phone linked to Roberts refused to answer questions about the transaction involving the trucker's account. "Reg did not win," he said before hanging up

It is unclear how Roberts bought the ticket, but nothing legally prevents a lottery company from paying a prisoner.

Payment is approaching the amount that Roberts was ordered to pay to the Australian Tax Office in 2015 – $ 1.5 million – after being arrested orchestrating a fuel scam diesel involving trucking companies connected to the Hells Angels.

Rebate scam has never been imputed to a Victoria-area accounting firm owned for several years by Peter "Skitzo" Hewat, boss of Melbourne Hells Angels

. The tax office connected Roberts to Hewat and the Victorian Hells Angels. The Victorian accounting firm, which he owned and whose premises served as a mailing address to a company that would have been controlled by Roberts by an alias.

Under the bankruptcy provisions established by the Australian Financial Security Authority, Roberts is obliged to inform the trustee or the tax office of lottery winnings.

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